Winding-machine.



A: PETERSEN.

WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.6,1912.

1,105,&53, Patented July 28,1914.

2 SHEETS "SHEET 1.

A. PETERSEN.

WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED DEO.6,1D12.

l ,1 05,453, Patented July 28, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET B.

07 CW 60 f 41 45 J am W47 E45 ANKEH PETERSEN, OF WINTHROP, MASSAUHUSIEITTS, ASSXGNQR T0 BOSTON MACHINERY C OlltlIPfiN'Si', OF BDSTON, MASSfiCil-IUSET'IS,

A COEPORMTIGN 43E WINDKNEFMACHINE.

MASSAGE-IUFJETTS.

Application filed December 6, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5%, 11914:. Serial No. 735,138.

7 '0 all whom it may com-e171.

Be it linown that i, ANKER PE'lEItSEN, a subject of the Kin; of Denmark, residing at Wiiithrop, in the county of tjuffollt and State of lilassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Winding-Mm chines. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to winding machines and the machine of this inventii'in is particularly adapted to winding yarn masses hy'laying a series ol spirally or hclically arranged coils of yarn upon a suitable form with said coils uniformly spacial at greater or less distances apart, the yarn constituting the successive series of coils being arranged alternately in opposite. directions. In the aceomplishnient ot the above from mass forming operation the yarn mass support is rotated while the yarn guide through which die yarn passes to said yarn mass rceiprm-atcd longitudinall r relatively to the axis of said yarn mass in opposite directions. The speed ratio of said yarn guide and said yarn mass support, varies according to the distance desired between the various coils constituting; said series of coils Applicant is aware of the fact that there are now in use machines for winding yarn masses as above stated, but owing to the nature of the yarn guide rcciprocatin; instrn mcntalities said machines must necessarily he operated at; a eomparatively low rate of speed in order to permit a quirk change in the direction of moveuu-nt of said yarn guide to prevent the p of: 0g) of yarn at the ends of the yarn mass which if so per: mitted would produce a yarn mass whose ends are larger in diameter or out of pro portion to the intervening portions of said yarn mass,

The ohjcct of this invention is to provide a machine capalile of being operated at a comparatively high rate oi' speed, provided with .instrimientalities adapted to recipro- (ate the yarn guide ioinritiulinallv oi the yarn mass support in opposite directions and at a uniform rate oi speed throughout substantially the entire length of said reciprocations.

The object is further to provide means adapted to impart an additional recipria-atory movement to said yarn guide during the intervals when the regular reciprocating instrunientahues are dnmnishing in speed innnediatclv prior to the changing in the (lireotion of movement oi said yarn guide and during the gradual increase in the movement of said regular yaiai guide reciprocating instrunn-ntalities from the starting point until the maximum speed thereothas been attained.

The invention consists in the comhinatiml and arrangement of parts by which the above ohjeets and certain other ohjects hereinat'tetllllltftll'illg are attaincch as set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

lte-terriinr to the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine PJIllMMlYlIL my invention. Fin. :2 is a front elevation of" the same. Fla. 2% is a longitudinal sectional elevalion Lalo-n on line 3. :3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the machine illustrating the parts in a dill'erent pos-ition from that shown in Fig. '1. Fig. 5 is a section. partlv in elevation. taken on line 5 of Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows on said line. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the earlier slide and the pinion which reci 'n-ocates said slide illustrated in the several positions ni'oupicd thereby during: the transverse mm'cment thereof from one side of the rack to the other.

Like iuuuerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

in the drnwiiurs, H is the 'll'amc of the machine upon whicl are mounted a yarn mass support 1') and a yarn guide it) and to said yarn mass support and said yarn guide a relativev rolaa'v movement is imparted and a relative nnivement loin 'itiulinnllv o'i" said yarn mass support is also imparted thereto. A relative rotary movement hetwecn said yarn muss support and said yarn guide is prctorahly created by running said rarn mass support through a spindle ll which constitutes said support and is formed upon the end of a shalt 1:2 joui'nuled to rotate in hearings t l, 13 l'ormed in the li'ame in. A pullev i l is secured to said shaft 1; between the hearings ill, .13 and has a rotary motion imparted thereto hy a hell 1;) cur a ing a pulley it; secured to a driving shah 11, said drivin; shat't lining jonrnalcd to rotate in hearings l8 and it) in the frame a, while secured to said driving shall 17 is a drivirn;

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pulley whichi isin turn a belt 21 connected with any suitable draping 1nstrumentalities. The relative inovemcntv of ing a traveler or yarn ide adapted to be reeiprocatedlongitudinzfi of the spindle 11,

' will said yarn guide bein' mounted upon a car rier slide 22 which is arranged to reciprosate longitudinally of the slot 23 in the frame 8 in 'rooves 24k, 24 formed in opposite sides of said frame and arranged substan-- tially parallel with the axis of the spindle 11, thus when said slide 22 is reciprocated alon said grooves 24, 24 the yarn guide 10 e reciprocated along the face of the yarn mass 25 at a suitable rate ofspeed to permit the yarrf 26, whichis led through the eye 27 of the yarn guide 10, to be laid in a series of coils, see Fig. 1, about the surface of said yarn mass the desired distances apart, said distances being greater or less according to the use to which the yarn mass is to be applied.

Man types of reciprocating means might be emp oyed to reciprocate the slide 22 along the grooves 24, 2% but it is essential that the speed of said slide be uniform for substan; tially the entire reciprocation thereof in order that the various coils constituting said series of coils may be evenly spaced. For

this purpose I have employed a device known as a mangle rack 28, said rack comprising a series of detachable pins 29, uniformly spaced longitudinally of the slide 22 vand projecting downwardly therefrom. A

pinion 30 secured to the upper end of a vibratory shaft 31 is adapted to engage said pins and as said pinion is rotated said pins 29 will be engaged thereby and said slide 22 will be reciprocated in one dirriiction. or the other along the rooves 2d, 24 according to the position of t e pinion 30 relatively to said series of pins. The vibratory shaft 31 is journaled at its lower end in a rocker frame 32, mounted upon the driving shaft 17, while at its upper'end said vibratory shaft is journaled to rotate in a bearing 33 formed in the end of the horizontally ar: ranged vibratory arm 3%, said vibratory arm being pivoted upon the screw 85 secured in the frame 8. A rotary motion isiinpai'ted to the shaft 31 by a bevel gear 36 secured to the driving shaft 1Y,-'sa1d bevel gear 36 meshing with a gear 3'3 secured to the vibra tory shaft 31, thus when said driving shaft is rotated said vibratory shaftwill also be rotated together with the pinion 30. The teeth of sa d pinion 30 by engaging the pins 29 willforce said. slide 22 alone-I the grooves 24:, 2d until the last pin in said series of ins has been moved out of the path of have of the axis. of said pinion 30 in its vibratory movement from one side of the plane eonincite-us taining said series of pins to the other, whereupon said. pinion will be transferred from the position occupied thereby-upon one side of said plane across the end of said rack to a position upon the other side thereof, and upon the arrival of said pinion to this position the movement of said slide will be reversed and said yarn guide will be recipr0- cated in the opposite direction longitudinally of the yarn mass 25. To insure the engagenent of the teeth of the pinion 30 with the pins 29 of the rack 28, springs 37 and 38 v are provided, the same being secured in the enlarged portion 39 of the vibratory arm 34; while the opposite ends of said springs are free to engage a cross head 40 connecting the sides of the frame 8 which form the slot 23. Nhen the pinion 30 is in the position illustrated in Fig. 4 the pressure of the springs 37 and 38 will be neutralized, but when said pinion. is moved to one side or the other of said series of pins, such for instance as shown in Fig. 1 one of saiolsprings will be deflected. as illustrated in said figure, whereupon said pinion will be yieldingly retained in contact with said pins 29.- When the slide 22 has arrived'at the end ,of its reciprocation, or to such a position that the end pin is engaged by said pinion, the opposite end of said slide 22 from which said pinion is located will en age the free'end of a ll-shaped spring 41, w iich is-secured to a bracket 42. mounted upon the frame 8, said spring projecting into the slot 23, thus said end pin will be yieldingly retained in contact with said pinion 30 during the trans: feral of said pinion from one side of said series of pins to the-other thereof, it being understood that the bearing 32 is large enough to permit said vibratory shaft 31 to rock slightly therein during said transferal movement. v f

By the use of the rack28 and pinion 30 as a reciprocating means for the slide 22 it will be seen that the movement of said slidewill be uniform for a. distance equal to that bea tween the centers of the end pins, as indicated by a and 6; Fig. 6, after which there will be a gradual diminutidn in the speed of said slide until the pinion 30 has been. rotated 90 whereupon the axis thereof will be moved from its position on the line 7), as indicated in full lines, to the position a as indicated in dotted lines, and into the longitudinal plane containing the centers of all of the pins 29 and at which time said slide will have conic to a dead stop. From this position the rotation of said pinion another 90 in the same direction will brin the centerof said pinion into the position .d, as indicated in dot and dash lines Fig. 6, upon the oppositeside of the longitudinal lane containing the centers of lye . by the line in, whom the merit W0 oi" who outon At the beginning 0*? the oliuhinutioiz in tho speed of the rumier slide (luring sauiil lust i W of rotation, in Whitfh the pinion Pill iruovris from the {mSllim'r 1' into the position uh I the carrier slide will here been gradually started in its, return recipi-omitiou umil from this point on the movement of :ruili Hlitii? will." he uniform until the pin tit "/i will have been brought into allotment with the plum of momuont oi the pitiltm so, us imillllllljii tilm oi staid pinion will grruluully (limiuiu'h the sipeed of mill Slitll! omit the some eouiou to a (lead stop and then grzuluully iuereurxe the speed of said slide in uu omiouite (lime-- tion during the next lit!" of rotutimi of ihe pinion 30 until the maximum speed thereof has been attained.

The speed of the uluiit 22 is subsiuntiully uniform and e59 the yum amuse ii; pouitive'iy driven thereby through a core 43 upon Whiiffl'i said yarn is formed, lzilliitl core heiug iprol'iil'ml with rum-lies 44 wli'urh are oiigagerl by projcl'tious fomierl upon the mum- 46 secured to said shaft 12, no lost-motion lie-tween) soul yam muss 25 or shaft 12, or spindle 1.1 will be peiinitted, consequently when the end piu of the serieu of pins fifi'iu'riiee at the posi tion f b the entered of the yum guide ll? longitudinally of the spindle ll lwgii'is to liminieh and muses: the yum to pile up at the end of said yum mass, and if such were permitted the finished yuri'i mass would be larger in diameter at its ends than at intermediate points thereof.- To prevcmt such an occurrence, auxiliary reciprocating means ii? are provided for said yarn guide, to extend the movement of said yarn guide (lining said diminution in speed of said slide 22, thereby counteracting said diminishing effect, sai'tl auxiliary means comprising 21 shaft 4-8 pivotully and sliclably arranged in brackets 49 secured by screws 50 to the slide rm-iproi-utiou, or iluriug flulhe yarn guide 10 is provided with urine 51 which ttl't! seemed at opposite Mule oi the shaft 48 outside of the brackets 49?. A lever 2 pivoted it 53' upon the slide 22 is; provided with a forked end 54 which stl'mltlleu an annular collar 5:) UFO}! the shaft 4h. The opposits end :76 0' said lever projecis out- \i'ill'illj from said slide over the frame 8 and is adapted to he engaged by topu 17 and H which are :uljustuhly l ee'flltfli by svreiw no to the frame 8, and us mill slide is rroiprocnted along the grooves 24. the will 56 of said level 52 will he engaged by one or the other of the slope 57 and 58 simul tmumusly with the arrival of the end pin into ulinmueut with the plane of moveu'zent of the pinion 30, as indicated by the lllltlfl 1/ and Ii, Fig. (i, whereby said lever ill he l'fiPlCCtl upon its pivot and tho shaft it: will he revipmcul-ed in the hearings formed in the brackets ill, thuH imparting 1m :i-v'lililioual riuriorormiuu tolhe yarn guide i l the moveuu-i'it il'uurol' wouuti riu-tiug the grmuluul tlerrl'uue or rlimiuutiou in tho uprml oi the slido 2:5. (hiring the trimsrorsimow-- I'H'Elll oi the pinion 30 from one ile o! the series of piuu :55] into uliniuuuut with the loogiiuiliuril pluuiront oiuiuu the room-Ea o1 Sriiil pine. is the slide 2i! iur'tu its return time the pinion 2w is rotating through Ell) town. will longitudinal plume to u point; upon the opposite side oi mill series of pins, the ruin guide W is likewise given on :uhlitiouul ium'ument in tho oppouite chm-Lion lo tluu luu'riulie t'um Sliilll'll, by spring 13H axiom-ml to the ui'ul': 93.! oiui whose [roe Mule emu: silo with: of tho uhul't ih. upriugu uo'i'inully rumiu the ulmli ill in itu ventrul posit iou i'olutivriy to tho lu'ur'lretu it), tho aux tion of mid uptings living ueutrulimi at Hlli' ll o. limo by Mops (ll rt-ui'rll to s-utiii lirurliotu il i iuit imumllutelv upon the on llugvmrnt of tin lot'ul .11: will: one or the (If lluz willfu Ill (11 G rl mu All mid f- 'lil 'lllfl'fl will he my; l'0ll luv #:iivl hlillliii uuil (illilll'l/iil by llurunwuuuu thereof. Whiiethu othor of" mu bjflili'ljfi will lit! held out of enrmriu with lil shul'l; by the stop (ii and upou tliu ruluru minimum of the ulide 22 uu'ul opting no will "force mid uluil't Ml lurch to the muliillll oorupied tlwroliy prior to the engagement ol mill lever .32 by said Mop.

'ihe general opri'utiou of theu'imling nuirliinu hrreinhol'ore Hprrilirully (leurrilied ii; nu l'ollouu: ii (0H ill oi. uny suitulilu rhur- :wlor or Ila-sign i:--' slipped upon the spiuulle ll over the springs; (:23 until the uotches H engage the projrrtimm slfi upon the collar 46 uoeurorl to the shaft 152, said Springs: (32 rnusiugfrioiion enough upon the core 43 to prevent the iiillllm from becoming disengaged from the tooth 45. A yarn 2 3 is then led ljl'llflllg'iii? the eye 27' of the yum guide 10 ml roiineoleil with'euhl core. lower is thou uppliod to the hiring pulley 20 through the heli iii Wlu-i'ohy the uluni't 17 iii rotated and through tho pulleys} I l soul 16 Mill belt 153 u rotary motion is imported to tho upimllo ll, At the Fume time tlw gear 36 upon the shaft 17 is Iolulml which in turn roiutee the gear ll upon the vilu'utory whnft I-ll uurl tlum u rotuijv motion is imparted to the pinion 30, it living umlcirotmul that the ratio of speed lietwi'eu the rpiniile It and the pinion 30. has been predator-- miuecl, The rotation of the pinion 30 whose teeth are l'li'lil in en mgouwut will: the pins 25? by the spring 37 or 3H urrorrlin g to the side 0"? the ueries of pins 25) upon which mid pinion is lnl'fllflil, cuus ou will slide 222 to move longitmliuullv of the illot 23 through the guides or grower-i :24. Thus uuitl yarn guide 30 will he i'eoiprovumd luugitudimilly oi the upimilo at the proper epeed to lay a series of coils of yarn upon the uurfuce of Sill correspondingly moved.

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the oore't As the last pin of said series of pins approaches the pinion 30 and is engaged thereby, said pinion will be forced from a position upon one side of the plane containing the centers of said series of pins, to the other side of said plane in a manner Well known. to those skilled in the art and during the transverse movement oi said pinion from one side to the other of said series of pins the lever 52 will engage one or the other of the stops 57 and 58, according to the position occupied by said slide and said yarn guide will be given an additional res ciprocation longitudinally of said spindle to overcome-the decrease of the speed ofsaid slide during said transverse movement oi the pinion 30. This additional movement moves said yarn guide through a greater distance thus preventing the yarn from piling up at the end of the yarn mass and cansing the face thereof to be uneven or the diameter of the ends thereof to be out of proportion to the intermediate sections thereof. As the slide 22 starts in its reverse movement the spring 60, which has been de flected by: the movement of the shaft 48 caused-by the rocking of the lever 52, will returnasaid yarn guide to its normal position'.=upon the slide 22 where it will remain until the lever 52 is engaged by the stop at l the end ofthe next reciprocation of said carrier slide.

The yarn guide 10 normally rests upon the surface of the yarn mass and being pivoted in the brackets l9 as the diameter of said yarn mass increases said yarn guide will be gadually rocked in said brackets in the plane of rotation of said spindle. When it is desired to vary the length of the yarn niass'mcre or less of. the pins 29 may be removed thereby lengthening or shortening the length of the rack 28 as the case may be and causing the pinion 30 to transfer from one side to the other atdo-nger or shorter inl'ervals'and as the length of said rack is varied the positions of the stops 57 and 58 are Having thus described my invention, What it claim and desire bylietters Patent to secureis: .4

l. A winding machine having, in combination,'a rotary spindlendap'ted to support and rotate a yarn mass core, a frame, a carrier slide, means to reciprocate said carrier slide on said frame longitudinally relatively to said spindle, traveler carried by said carrier slide, a lever pivoted on said carrier slide and en ging said traveler, and stops on said 'liramc adapted to engage and rock said is r during the latter portion of the movement at said carrier slide in opposite directions. move said traveler inthc direction of movement ct said carrier slide and at relatively greater speed than that said carrier slide.

slide, to move said shaft and 2, A winding machine having, in combination, a yarn winding spindle, a carrier slide, means to reciprocate said carrier slide longitudinally relatively to said spindle, a yarn guide arranged on said carrier slide to rock substantially in the plane of rotation of said spindle, said yarn guide being also arranged to slide onsaid carrier slide longitudinally relatively to the axis of said spindle in opposite directions, resilient means adapted to retain said yarn guide in its normal position on said carrier slide, and means adaptedto move said yarn guide on said; carrier slidein opposite directions for pres; determined distances during the reciproca tions of said carrier slide.

3. A Winding machine having, in combing, nation, a yarn Winding spindle, a carrier longitudinally relatively to said spindle, or yarn guide arranged upon said slide to rock slide, means to reciprocate said carrier slide substantially in .theplane of rotation of;

said spindle, said yarnguide being also at ranged to slide on said carrier slide longi tudinally relatively to theaxis of said spin dle in opposite directions, means to move. said yarn guldeon said carrier sllde during the latter part of the movement of sa1dcarrier slide in opposite directions, and means to return said yarn guide to itsnormal po-: sition on said carrier slide during the first part of the return movement of said carrier slide in opposite directions.

4. A Winding machine having, in combination, a yarn vvindingspindle, a carrier slide, means to reciprocate said carrier slide longitudinally relatively to said spindle, it

shaft pivotally and slidably arranged on said carrier slide and having a collar secured thereon, a yarn guide secured to said shaft and adapted to be sustained by said spindle, means adapted to yieldingly retain said shaft in its central position relatively to said carrier slide, a lever pivoted on said carrier slide having a forked end adapted to straddle said collar,.and stops adapted tobe engaged by said lever at predetermined. points during,the reeiprocations of said guide on said carrier slide longitudinally relatively to said spindle. v

5. A winding; machinehaving, in combination, a frame, a yarn Winding spindle, journaled to rotate in said frame, a slide arranged to reciprocate in guides onsaid frame, a yarn guide pivotally and slidably arranged on said slide adapted to engage said spindle and to be rocked on said slide as the yarn being Wound. on said spindle in-' creases the diameter thereof, a driving shaft operatively connected with said spindle,'

means operated by said driving shaft adapted to impart a reciprocating movement to said slide to move said yarn guide longitudinally relatively to the axis of said spindle,

said yarn 7 die increases the diameter thereof,

and means actuated by the reeiproeations of said slide adapted to move said yarn guide on said earlier slide longitudinally relatively to the axis of said spindle.

' (3. A. winding machine having, in eombination, a yarn Winding spindle, a reeipro "alory slide, a yarn guide pivotally and slidabl arranged on said slide adapted to engage said spindle and to be IOL'liPll on said slide as\the yarn being wound on said spin die ii'iereases the diameter thereof, a series at uniformly spaced pins arranged longitudinally of said slide and constituting a mangle raelc, a ])llll()ll,dt(lll;l1t0tl to engage said pins and to reciprocate said slide in opposite direetions, instrumentalities adapted to rotate said pinion and said spindle, and means aetuated by the movement of said slide adapted to move said yarn guide a predetermined amount on said slide during the latter portion of the reeipriaralions lhereol in opposite directions.

'4. it winding machine having, in combination, a yarn winding spindle, a reeipro a tory slide, a yarn guide pivetally and slid ably ananged on said slide adapted to en gage said spindle and to be rocked on said slide as the yarn being wound on said spinseries of detachable pins arranged longitinlinally of said slide and emistiluling a mangle raek, a pinion adapted to engage said raek and reeiproeale said slide in opposite direes lions, instrumentalities adapted to rotate said pinion and said spindle, and means aetuated by the niovlunent of said slide adapted to move said yarn guide a predetermined amount on said slide during the latter portion of the reeiproeations thereof in opposite directions.

a. A winding maehine having, in eombination, a yarn winding spindle, a reciproeatory slide, a yarn guide pivotally and slidably arranged on said slide adapted to engage said spindle and to be rocked on said slide as the yarn beingivonnd onsaid spindle increases the diameter thereof, a driving shaft, means operatively connecting said spindle with said driving sha l't, a vibratory shal'l pivoted on and rotated by said driv-- ing shaft, ma ngle gearing adapted to recipreeate said slide longitudinally relatively to said spindle, said gearing embodying in its eonstruetion a series of detachable pins arranged longitudinally of said slide, a pinion seeured to the free end of said vibratory sha'lt adapted to be, vib 'ated transversely of said series of pins and to alternately ei'igage eaeh of said pins from ()PI'IOSll'O sides respeelively of said series, whereby said slide will he reeiprlwated to move said yarn guide longitudinally relatively to said spindle, and means aetuated by the movements of said slide immediately prior to the changing of the direction of movement of said slide to move said yarn guide on said slide longitudinally relatively to the axis of said spindle.

l). A winding machinehaving, in combination, a driving shaft, a rotatable vibratory shalt adapted to be rotated by said driving shall, a pinion seeured to the free end of said vibratory shaft, a carrier slide, a rack on said carrier slide arranged longitudinally thereof and adapted to be engaged by said pinion to move said carrier slide in opposite direetions, a yarn guide pivotally and slid- :illl mounted upon said carrier slide, a winding" spindle adapted to be rotated by said driving shaft to receive yarn from said yarn guide, and m atns actuated by the movement of said slide in opposite direc' tions adapted to impart an additional movement to said yarn. guide in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

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Witnesses:

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